Being born on December 17, 1760, she would have been 15 years old.
I think she went to Paris England
When she was almost 5 years old.
Deborah Sampson was born December 17, 1760. Her dad went off to become a sailor but died when his ship sank at sea. Others say he went to Maine and started a new family. Deborah's mom had to give Deborah to her cousin, Miss Fuller. But then she died and Deborah moved with old Mrs. Thatcher. After that a minister helped Deborah move to Deacon Thomas' house. There she was an indentured servant for 10 years. Save
She dressed as a male so you can wear a brown or black pants ( not jeans). Cotton would be good. A white shirt tucked into the pants, boots, and a military look jacket ( Forever 21). That should do the trick.
Deborah Sampson (1760-1827) was only 18 when she went to fight but was rejected by the general because of her sex. So she dressed as a man and was allowed in. Fighting under the alias Robert Shirtliff, she was wounded in 1782 but allowed to receive an honorable discharge in 1783. Nine years later, in 1792, she was granted payment for her service by the state of Massachusetts and governor John Hancock.
She was about 17 years old, when she joined the army.
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Deborah died when she was 66 years old.
When she was almost 5 years old.
That is correct.
Deborah Sampson Gannett never attended school, except to teach. She was self-educated as a child and had learned through several households she served in as an indentured servant.
Zachary Taylor was 24 when he joined the army.
Deborah Sampson was a servant for Jeremiah Thomas who had ten boys. She served him from the age of 10 until she was 18 years old, she learned to cook, weave, work the farm equipment, and shoot a musket. She went to school in winter, and learned from Jeremiah's boys' school work after the chores were done. At 18 years old she worked as a school teacher.She joined the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army on 20 May 1782, as a man after she studied and learned how to hold a pen like a man and converse like a man.
Napoleon Bonaparte was 16 when he finished training and joined the French army.
Deborah Sampson was born December 17, 1760. Her dad went off to become a sailor but died when his ship sank at sea. Others say he went to Maine and started a new family. Deborah's mom had to give Deborah to her cousin, Miss Fuller. But then she died and Deborah moved with old Mrs. Thatcher. After that a minister helped Deborah move to Deacon Thomas' house. There she was an indentured servant for 10 years. Save
25 year old
they were twenty when they joined the army.
He was 19 years old.